What Christmas Means to me

 We wrote to the Gisborne Herald for a competition for children to writes 2 or more sentences about what Christmas means to them.

We wrote how its about when Jesus was born and how its better to give than receive.

What Christmas Means to Me…

Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ the Son of God when he was born on the 25th of December around 4 BC.  God sent Jesus down, His only son so he could teach everybody that by loving one another here on earth you would have eternal life in heaven with God forever and ever. Christmas also is a time for giving. When you get presents on Christmas, sure you get new things! But you get an even better feeling inside when you give presents. When I give my family presents I think of how happy it makes them. Merry Christmas!

Catalina 

St Mary’s School

Catalina's Goal Setting Term 1 Update

 We updated our goals from Term 1 in Term 4.

I have achieved my Religious, Social, and Learning disposition goals. I need to work on my academic goal which using maths in everyday life.

Ice Candles

 Yesterday we made ice candles. You can make ice candles too. 

All you need is:

Old candles that you don't need to use anymore.

Ice

Empty cardboard milk cartons

Oil

Tall candle

Firstly, we cut open the top of the milk cartons. Next we rubbed oil all over inside of it so it would be easy to get the candle out.

Secondly, we placed the tall candle in the middle of the milk carton. Around it we filled it up with ice.

Next we poured melted wax into our milk carton. Then we waited overnight for the wax to dry.

Lastly, we ripped the carton around the candle and the  melted ice poured out of the crevases and holes.

Tips

*Make sure you rub the oil all around the carton.

*Double check you have enough wax to make the candle.

Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter.

I found it easy to do the November selfies because I just needed to find a photo from November.

I found it tricky to find a math word problem.

Celebrations in Different Countries

We are learning about Celebrations in Different Countries like Diwali, Chinese new year, and Matariki.

We had to compare and think if we wanted it to be a public holiday in New Zealand.

Do you think Matariki, Diwali, or Chinese new year should be a public holiday in New Zealand? Why?

Real or Fake?

 Another tool I explored was "Which face is Real?".

You try to guess which face is real.

It was so hard and I only got it correct 2 times.

Do you know how to spot the difference?

Do you know how its fake?

Photoshop or wax figure maybe?

The Great Wave of Kanagawa

 In Cybersmart we explored a new tool called Google Experiment- Colouring book Digital.

Basically, you choose a painting or colouring to do then you can colour it.

I chose the The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai, a famous Japanese painting of a huge wave that resembles crashes into the oceans and tsunamis.

I learnt that it was called The Great Wave of Kanagawa.

I really like this painting and I found it tricky to recall the colours of each detail.

I found it easy to choose a painting.

You can do it too here.

This is mine

This is the original.